Economic Development
Special Report: Coping with the Economic Crisis ›
The economic crisis has spread all over the world, to millions of families that Mercy Corps serves. They worry about the same things we do: how to pay bills, put food on the table and take care of their children.
Special Report: Reinterpreting Tea Leaves ›
Country: India
Mercy Corps and Tazo Tea Company are helping almost 13,000 people empower themselves and find opportunities to build better lives for themselves, their families and communities.
More Than Run-of-the-Mill Progress ›
Country: Kosovo
Prospects for Kosovo’s future stability and prosperity rest in returning and re-integrating internally displaced people and refugee populations to their native homes.
Creating Opportunities for Kosovo's Youth ›
Country: Kosovo
Nineteen-year-old Altone Ibrahim recently graduated from high school but was unable to find a job — until she found Mercy Corps' SKYL program.
Leaving a Blooming Legacy ›
Country: Kyrgyzstan
Bukabaev Sabyrbek owned a piece of land along Kyrgyzstan's Lake Issyk-Kul that lay fallow for many years. Mercy Corps gave him the know-how and loaned him the money to make it productive.
Special Report: Nineteen: The Lives of Jakarta's Street Vendors ›
Country: Indonesia
Street vendors, hawking anything from food to medicine, dominate Jakarta's urban landscape even as they scrape by to provide for their families. Here are five of their stories.
Helping Myanmar, One Year After the Storm ›
Country: Myanmar
It was just over one year ago — on May 2, 2008 — that Cyclone Nargis made landfall along Myanmar’s coast. Mercy Corps has helped residents in the hard-hit Laputta District rebuild.
Video: Nineteen: Cahyan, Tofu Snack Seller ›
Country: Indonesia
Cahyan, 45, sells a tofu specialty called tahu gejrot from a food stall in Jakarta's affluent Menteng neighborhood.
Video: Nineteen: Hasanuddin, Water Seller ›
Country: Indonesia
Hasanuddin, 44, operates a small food stall and sells water in an illegal settlement under a toll road in Jakarta.
Video: Nineteen: Eni, Jamu Seller ›
Country: Indonesia
Eni, 31, sells a traditional herbal medicine called jamu from a basket that she carries around the dockyards and fish markets of North Jakarta.
Bookmark
Delicious
Facebook
Digg
Reddit
Yahoo! Buzz
Newsvine
Mercy Corps on the Web